Page 15 - Ray Ryan News Today

Born in Germany and trained in Switzerland, Futterer arrived in Palm Springs in 1959 and stayed for good. Desert diners were the winners.

The venom systems laboratory at the University of Galway’s Ryan Institute is involved in studying up to 150 species, from snakes to scorpions, centipedes to tarantulas, to test the pharmaceutical potential of their venom, writes Lorna Siggins

SPÉIRE Nua roughly translates to New Horizon or New Beginning in Gaeilge to English. For the vast majority of those who come through the prison system in Ireland, that’s exactly what they seek - a fresh start.

MICHEÁL Hughes is “dumbfounded” at he looks over displays featuring some 120 letters that tell the stories of his relatives who kept in touch with their family in Milltown as they each made new lives in Australia and America over more than a century.

Dáithí Ó Sé, now 46, has been a TV presenter since 1999. This will be his 11th year hosting The Rose of Tralee. Born in Kerry, he lives in Galway with his wife Rita Talty, a former Rose, and their son, Micheál Óg.

TUAM’S own Mike Gilligan has been selected as part of a 14-person strong Team Ireland ahead of the forthcoming European Transplant and Dialysis Games to be held in Oxford, England from August 21-28.

ALMOST 40 years after the late broadcaster Jim Fahy brought the story of rural midwives to a national audience, a historian in Skehana has curated a wider exhibition in honour of those who helped birth generations of Galway people over the past 100 years.

The Catholic Church is heading 'dramatically downwards' with no turning point in sight, the archbishop of Ireland's biggest archdiocese has said.

<p>Abbeyknockmoy's Pete Roche is the 50th person to wear the Cathaoirleach chain of Galway County Council.</p>

Drive-thru coffee shop already a popular pit stop